Batman Arkham Origins Out Now

Sydney, Australia – Oct. 25, 2013 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today unleash some of DC Comics’ most deadly villains upon Gotham City with the launch of Batman: Arkham Origins. The next instalment of the blockbuster Batman: Arkham video game franchise is available for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 games and Windows PC today and on November 6 for the entertainment system from Nintendo, Wii U™ system.  Also available today is Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate for the PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system and on November 6 for Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system. 

Developed by WB Games Montréal, Batman: Arkham Origins is based on DC Comics’ core Batman license.  The game features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise.  Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young, unrefined Batman as he faces the defining moment of his early career and sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight.

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, a companion game to Batman: Arkham Origins, is a 2.5-D handheld game developed by Armature Studio, which brings the core Batman Arkham pillars, such as FreeFlow combat and Batman’s infamous gadgets, to the PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system and Nintendo handheld format for the first time.  Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate allows players to continue the storyline of the console version and discover more details of the Dark Knight’s past. 

“It’s a big responsibility taking on the Batman: Arkham franchise and the WB Games Montréal team has dedicated itself to giving players an experience that is worthy of the name,” said Reid Schneider, Vice President and Executive Producer, WB Games Montréal.  “Batman: Arkham Origins allows fans to play through a new take on Batman’s story while experiencing some enhanced game-play mechanics.”

Batman: Arkham Origins features a pivotal tale set on Christmas Eve where Batman is hunted by eight of the deadliest assassins from the DC Comics Universe. Along the way, players will experience a fresh take on iconic Batman characters, including The Joker, Black Mask, Penguin, Deathstroke, Bane, Deadshot, Copperhead and others yet to be revealed. 

Also new to the franchise is the online multiplayer mode, which is developed by Splash Damage. Friends and foes can play online in 3v3v2 gameplay that blends traditional Arkham gameplay with third-person shooter mechanics.  Gamers can hunt as Batman or Robin against the most challenging opponents yet – friends and other online gamers – or take a walk on the dark side as a Super-Villain Elite and be part of The Joker or Bane’s gang.  Those playing as a Super-Villain Elite will also have a chance to seize control of either The Joker or Bane for a limited amount of time.

Players looking to extend their gameplay experience can buy the Batman: Arkham Origins Season Pass now for $29.95 and receive $40 worth of content.  The Season Pass is comprised of five of the game’s upcoming downloadable content packs, which includes two exclusive skins, as well new content from the Batman Arkham Initiation Pack and a separate all-new story campaign.  The Initiation Pack content tests Bruce Wayne’s skills of detection, evasion and confrontation among the mysterious temple high in the Paektusan mountains of Korea, where his greatest teacher, Grandmaster Kirigi, is holding a final class.  The Season Pass is available on the PlayStation®Network, Xbox Live online entertainment network from Microsoft, Nintendo eShop and Steam. 

The Batman: Arkham Origins free-to-play mobile game, developed by NetherRealm Studios for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, is available on the App Store and delivers the stunning graphics and quality gameplay fans have come to expect from the team who brought to market fan favourite mobile games Injustice: Gods Among Us and Batman: Arkham City Lockdown.  The title pits players, as Batman, against a number of DC Comics’ most deadly assassins as they fight their way through Gotham City’s most dangerous locales. 

The PS3™ and Xbox 360 versions of Batman: Arkham Origins are priced at $89.95 RRP; the Wii U is priced at $79.95 and Windows PC versions are priced at $69.95 RRP.  The suggested retail price for the Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate handheld game is $49.95 RRP. 

Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate are rated “M”.

For more information and the latest updates, visit www.batmanarkhamorigins.com or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BatmanArkham.

Batman Arkham Origin Launch Trailer

Batman: Arkham Origins is the next installment in the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise and will be available for the Xbox 360, PS3, the Wii U system, and Windows PC.  The game will be available beginning Oct. 25 along with Batman™: Arkham Origins Blackgate for PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system and Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system.

Batman: Arkham Origins - 17 Minutes Gameplay Video

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - 'under new management' trailer

Batman: Arkham Origins -- Nowhere to Run Trailer

Batman: Arkham Origins 'Definitive' Collectors' Edition Revealed for Australia‏

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today unveiled details for the Batman™: Arkham Origins ‘Definitive’ Collectors’ Edition, exclusive to EB Games Australia.  Similar to the North American Collector’s Edition announced today, the package will be available on October 25, 2013 in limited quantities for the PlayStation®3 system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and has a retail price of $139.95. 

The Batman: Arkham Origins ‘Definitive’ Collectors’ Edition will include the following extensive bonus content: 

·         Exclusive Arkham Origins highly detailed premium statue featuring LED effects produced by TriForce

·            Height: 9"

·            Depth: 11.5"

·            Width: 13"

·        80-page, full-colour hardcover art book measuring approx. 7.5” x 10.75” x .5”

·         2 key pieces of evidence taken directly from the Gotham City Police Department crime lab

·        

Batman Wanted Poster

·        Batwing Prototype Schematic 

·        Anarky logo stencil

·        Glow-In-The-Dark map of Gotham City

·         Wayne Family Photo

·        Assassin’s Intel Dossier, including files on the 8 assassins, as well as Black Mask’s contract

·        1^st Appearance Batman Skin: Look just like Batman did during his first appearance in Detective Comics #27, released in 1939.

·        Deathstroke Challenge Pack – Unlock the ability to play as one of the world's deadliest assassins! Usable throughout all the Arkham Origins Challenge maps.  Also includes two bonus challenge maps and two bonus Deathstroke Skins.

·         The PS3 edition will also include the Knightfall pack as an exclusive piece of content

Batman: Arkham Origins Collector's Edition Revealed

*UPDATE*
Warner Bros have confirmed that Australia is getting the collectors edition, for PS3 and 360. It will be out here for $119.95

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment have unveiled details around a new collectors edition for Batman Arkham Origins. No word yet on if Australia is getting this.

The contents of this pretty sweet looking set are:

• Exclusive Arkham Origins highly detailed premium statue featuring Batman & The Joker

• 80-page, full-color hardcover artbook

• Assassin’s Intel Dossier, including files on the eight assassins, as well as Black Mask’s contract

• 1st Appearance Batman Skin DLC

• Deathstroke Challenge Pack DLC – Usable throughout all the Arkham Origins Challenge maps and also includes two bonus challenge maps and two bonus Deathstroke Skins

• Exclusive 3D Metal Pack

• The PS3 edition will also include the Knightfall pack as an exclusive piece of content

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Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate Screens

Batman Arkham Origins takes the fight for Gotham Online

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today confirmed that Batman: Arkham Originswill ship with a mode that allows players to take the franchise’s award-winning Invisible Predator gameplay online to play with friends and foes.  The online component blends the traditional Arkham gameplay with third-person shooter mechanics and is in development by Splash Damage. 

The Batman: Arkham Origins Online mode offers players the chance to hunt as Batman or Robin against the most challenging opponent yet, friends and other challengers online.  Players can also take on the role of a Super-Villain Elite and get a peek behind the curtain of what it’s like to side with The Joker or Bane as they establish their legacy by taking down Batman and Robin, in addition to any rival gangs who get in the way.  Gamers will even be able call in the ultimate reinforcement to help turn the tide in any match by playing as The Joker or Bane themselves.  

Developed by WB Games Montréal, Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum andBatman: Arkham City.  Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships.  

Batman: Arkham Origins will be available for the PS3™, Xbox 360®, the Wii U™ system, and Windows PC. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™, the handheld version developed by Armature Studio, will be available for PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system and the Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system.  The game will release on all platforms worldwide on Oct. 25, 2013. 

E3 2013 - Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate

E3 2013 - Batman Arkham Origins Screens

E3 2013 - Hands on with Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate

A game that is flying quite low compared to the big brother on consoles, but its looking pretty good.

Blackgate ties to the Origin mythos by serving as an epilogue to the main console story. My time with the game saw me interacting with the enigmatic Catwoman, racing along rooftops to gain access to Blackgate Prison, the backdrop for the entire game. This infamous penitentiary, unlike Arkham Asylum, serves as a holding place for Gotham City’s vicious, yet sane, criminals.

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E3 2013 - Batman Arkham Origins Trailer

Developed by WB Games Montréal, Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City.  Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships. 

Batman: Arkham Origins is the next installment in the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise and will be available for the Xbox 360®, PS3™, the Wii U™ system, and Windows PC.  The handheld version developed by Armature Studio, Batman: City Origins Blackgate™ will be available for the Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system, and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system.  The game will release on all platforms worldwide on Oct. 25, 2013. 

Batman Arkham Origins - Pre-Order details and boxart

                                   

Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment confirmed that Deathstroke will be a fully playable character in the challenge mode for Batman: Arkham Origins™.  Fans who pre-order the game for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 system or Windows PC will receive exclusive early access to the Deathstroke pack. 

Deathstroke will come complete with his own unique weapons and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that will be included with the pack.  The pack will also contain two alternate Deathstroke character skins. 

Developed by WB Games Montréal, Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City.  Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships. 

Batman: Arkham Origins is the next installment in the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise and will be available for the Xbox 360®, PS3™, the Wii U™ system, and Windows PC.  The game will release worldwide Oct. 25, 2013 along with Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™ for Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system.

Batman: Arkham Origins - Official Trailer

Batman Arkham Origins - Box Art and Details

London, UK. – 9th April, 2013 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced Batman: Arkham Origins™ and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™, the next instalments of the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise. Batman: Arkham Origins will be available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 system, the Wii U™ system, and Windows PC. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™ will be available for the Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system, and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system. Both titles are scheduled to release worldwide 25th October, 2013.

Developed by WB Games Montréal, Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships.

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5-D game developed by Armature Studio that brings the Batman Arkham experience for the first time to Nintendo and Sony handheld systems. A companion game to Batman: Arkham Origins, players can continue the storyline of the console version and discover more details of the Dark Knight’s past.

“Batman: Arkham is a huge triple-A videogame franchise and we are delighted to expand the experience with Batman: Arkham Origins,” said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “WB Games Montréal has an incredibly talented team building upon Rocksteady’s award-winning gameplay and technology to deliver a deep, immersive, quality experience fans will love.”

“WB Games Montréal is honoured to have the opportunity to create Batman: Arkham Origins, a new chapter in this amazing franchise” said Reid Schneider, Vice President and Executive Producer, WB Games Montréal. “We are huge fans of the franchise and are committed to creating an experience that offers players more of what they love, as well as the chance to play as a younger Batman within a fresh storyline and expanded world.”

Batman: Arkham Origins is based on DC Comics’ core Batman license. Fans can visit www.batmanarkhamorigins.com for more information about the game.